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FSM Briefing 2018

FSM Performance & Case Studies

CPT Jason SohCentral Enforcement Department

Singapore Civil Defence Force

FSM Briefing 2018

CONTENTS1. Commonly Neglected FSM Duties

2. Case Studies

3. Records of Non-performance

4. Enhancement to the Scheme

5. FSM handbook

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FSM Duties

https://www.scdf.gov.sg/=> Fire Safety => Permits and Certifications=> Fire Safety Manager => Duties of FSM

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Commonly Neglected FSM Duties

ERP – Reviewed/Endorsed yearly and communicated to the occupants

Evacuation Drills – Conducted 2x a year

TTX – Conducted 2x a year

CERT – Trained* and Equipped*

Daily Checks – Remove the fire hazard

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Commonly Neglected FSM Duties

Maintenance of fire safety works – Fire Certificate

Occupant Load – Building Plans

Fire Safety Report – Submitted annually to building owner

Notify SCDF – Occurrence of any fire incident in the premises

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Anything I can do better to assist my Building Owner?

How many of the duties have I performed to satisfaction?

ERP

TTX

Fire Drill

CERT

Fire Safety Report Daily Checks

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Case Study – Daily Checks Date & Time: 28 March 2018 at

2120hrs Venue: Commercial Shopping Centre What Happened: Smoke emerged

from staircase at basement 1. The firewas extinguished quickly but smokefilled up the common areas atbasement 1 & 2 and evacuation wasconducted.

Construction material left uncheckedunder the staircase increased the riskof fire.

Smoke created from the discardedmaterial would have endangeredoccupants using the affected staircase.

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Lessons LearntHave I done my Daily Checks?

Daily checks conducted should have identifiedthe fire hazard.

Identified fire hazards should be removedswiftly.

Discarded material under staircases, wouldcompromise the safety of the smoke stopstaircases.

Improper storage of material will invite moreaccumulated trash.

There must be a system in place to report firehazards and swift alleviation of the hazards.

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Case Study – Locked Exit Doors Date & Time: 24 June 2018 at 1604 hrs

Venue: Commercial Shopping Centre

What Happened: Fire Alarm was triggered.Occupants escaping via EM exit doors found that thedoors were not released automatically by the firealarm. It was found to be a false alarm and thesituation reverted back to normal.

Investigation showed that the EM Lock system serverwas logged off, thus preventing the doors fromunlocking automatically.

Had it been an actual fire incident, there would bepeople trapped and consequences would be moresevere.

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Case Study – Locked Exit Doors

The EM Lock system server waslogged off. This interfered withthe fire alarm system and did notallow all the exit doors to beautomatically unlocked uponactivation.

Door

ACP

Network Switch

Door

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Door

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Network Switch

Door

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FA Signal

EM Lock System Server

MainNetwork Switch

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Lessons Learnt Access to the EM lock system should have been restricted.

Regular maintenance and testing must be done on the firesafety systems.

FSMs must ensure that the fire alarm or sprinkleractivation will automatically unlock all exit doors.

There should not be any software or wiring that impedesthis process.

The doors shall remain unlocked until the investigation tothe alarm has been completed and the building fire alarmsystem has been manually reset.

A manual release device also has to be provided within1.5m of the exit door.

Is the fire safety works maintained and in

order?

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Case Study – Isolation of EVCS Date & Time: 2 Jan 2018 at 0945hrs

Venue: Hotel

What Happened: False ceiling had collapsed duringrenovation works and fire alarm was triggered.

As the EVCS was isolated, no announcement wasbroadcasted.

The occupants were not informed promptly of thecollapsed ceiling.

The affected occupants were subsequentlyevacuated to the floor above.

The delay in notifying the occupants can lead todelayed evacuation that may result in casualtiesduring an actual fire.

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Lessons Learnt There should not be continuous isolation of EVCS.

Any isolation should be re-instated at the end of theday.

Temporary fire precautionary measures should be inplace i.e. such as extra fire extinguishers, appointingfire watch personnel, emergency responders andcommunication aids.

Designated alternate assembly area must beidentified.

A Fire Plan submission is required for any works doneon the fire protection system.

Is the premises Fire Safety Requirement

in place?

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Case Study – ERP/Notify SCDF

Date & Time: 22 June 2017 at 2156hrsand 2353hrs.

Venue: Light Industrial premises What Happened: Alarm activated

twice in the middle of the night, andwas reported as false alarm. FSM wasnot informed of the alarm activationand the sprinkler was found to havebeen activated.

Sprinkler activation caused waterdamage to property and no fire reportwas available for insurance claim.

Case of confirmed fire incident was notreported to SCDF.

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Lessons Learnt

There was no proper investigation on firealarm activation.

There should be a proper reporting processto the FSM and FCC for alarm activationafter hours.

This must be incorporated into the ERP andcommunicated to the related parties.

Any occurrence of fire incident should bereported to SCDF.

Is my ERP robust & adequate?

Should I notify SCDF?

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Records of Non-performance

We keep records of such lapses orfailures of FSM in discharging theirduties.

Actions such as Letter of Warning(LOW) and Notice of Fire SafetyOffence (NFSO) are included andwill be considered for the nextoffence. Repeated similar offencewill warrant a higher penalty.

In the extreme cases it can lead toremoval from the FSM appointmentor even temporary suspension orde-registration.

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Enhancement to the Scheme

Fire Safety Feedback Management System

Allow FSMs to aid building owners toalleviate non-compliances beforecommencing any enforcement action

Hazard Mitigation Plan substantiated withpictures

Raise the standard of fire safety in thepremises

[email protected] Avenue for feedback Report non-compliances to Fire Safety

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Proposed FSM Handbook

Convenient guide for quick reference

Working booklet to aid in FSM duties

Sample content

Duties of FSM and building owner/occupier

Common non-compliances and examples

Important CPs and SSs key content

Report/Form templates

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Thank You


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